Live Presentations
Live Animal Presentation
With help from members of the Museum's live animal collection, our knowledgeable staff address behaviors, environments, classification, and adaptations.
Students will observe a live animal and be exposed to characteristics of the animal and adaptations that help the animal live in its environment.
The Museum's AZA-accredited Live Animal Center supports a collection of over 120 individual animals and several colonies of invertebrates that make nearly 4,000 program appearances annually.
| Format | Live Presentation |
| Grades | K – 12 |
| Location | Science Live! Stage — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | n/a |
| Duration | 20 minutes |
| Reservation | Seating is first come, first served |
| Fee | Free with Museum Exhibit Halls admission |
Live Animal Presentation
+ View Detailed Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > Characteristics of Living Things (Grade: K – 2)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
- Life Science (Biology) > Adaptations of Living Things (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Life Science (Biology) > Characteristics of Plants and Animals (Grade: 3 – 5)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
- Technology/Engineering > Engineering Design (Grade: K – 2)
- Life Science (Biology) > Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Life Science (Biology) > Changes in Ecosystems Over Time (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Life Science (Biology) > Evolution and Biodiversity (Grade: 6 – 8)
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Biological evolution (Grade: 9 – 12)
References:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > Engineering Design (Grade: 3 – 5)
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science and Technology > Understanding about science and technology (Grade: K – 4)
– View Concise Standard Connections
Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Life Science (Biology) > 01 Characteristics of Living Things (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that animals (including humans) and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water. - Life Science (Biology) > 08 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
Identify the ways in which an organism's habitat provides for its basic needs (plants require air, water, nutrients, and light; animals require food, water, air, and shelter). - Life Science (Biology) > 06 Adaptations of Living Things (Grade: 3 – 5)
Give examples of how inherited characteristics may change over time as adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive, e.g., shape of beak or feet, placement of eyes on head, length of neck, shape of teeth, color. - Life Science (Biology) > 01 Characteristics of Plants and Animals (Grade: 3 – 5)
Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share. - Life Science (Biology) > 06 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: K – 2)
Recognize that people and other animals interact with the environment through their senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Regulation and behavior (Grade: 5 – 8)
All organisms must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
Secondary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Inquiry and Experimentation > Skills of Inquiry (Grade: K – 2)
Discuss observations with others. - Technology/Engineering > 2.2 Engineering Design (Grade: K – 2)
Describe how human beings use parts of the body as tools (e.g., teeth for cutting, hands for grasping and catching), and compare their use with the ways in which animals use those parts of their bodies. - Life Science (Biology) > 13 Living Things and Their Environment (Grade: 6 – 8)
Give examples of ways in which organisms interact and have different functions within an ecosystem that enable the ecosystem to survive. - Life Science (Biology) > 18 Changes in Ecosystems Over Time (Grade: 6 – 8)
Recognize that biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations. - Life Science (Biology) > 10 Evolution and Biodiversity (Grade: 6 – 8)
Give examples of ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution and the diversity of organisms.
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Life Science > Biological evolution (Grade: 9 – 12)
Biological classifications are based on how organisms are related. Organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on similarities which reflect their evolutionary relationships. Species is the most fundamental unit of classification.
References:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > 2.4 Engineering Design (Grade: 3 – 5)
Compare natural systems with mechanical systems that are designed to serve similar purposes, e.g., a bird's wings as compared to an airplane's wings.
National Science Education Standards (1996)
(National)
- Science and Technology > Understanding about science and technology (Grade: K – 4)
Tools help scientists make better observations, measurements, and equipment for investigations. They help scientists see, measure, and do things that they could not otherwise see, measure, and do.
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Schedules
Remaining seats appear in parenthesis after event time.
November 21, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
November 22, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
November 23, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
November 24, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
November 25, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
November 27, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
November 28, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
November 29, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
November 30, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 1, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 2, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 3, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 4, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 5, 2009: 11:00 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
December 6, 2009: 1:30 pm
December 7, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 8, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 9, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 10, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 11, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
December 12, 2009: 1:30 pm
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December 14, 2009: 10:00 am, 1:30 pm
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December 19, 2009: 1:30 pm
December 20, 2009: 1:30 pm
Live Animal Presentation
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